PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 377 



Act Febniiiry 10. 1889. c. 171, mentioned iind amended by this pro- 

 vision. is set forth above. See note under that act rehitiuR to disiWRnl 

 of accnmulation of flies, etc., In the Department of Agriculture. 



ACT JUNE 19, 1878, c. 317. An act to protect public libraries in the District of 



(\iluiiibi;!, .ind for other iHirposes. (20 Stat. 1?].) 



Injuring or destroying, stealing, etc.. books, etc.; punishment. 



That any person who shall steal, wrongfully deface, injure, muti- 

 late, tear, or destroy any book, pamphlet, or manuscript, or any por- 

 tion thereof, belonging to the Library of Congress, or to any public 

 library in the District of Columbia, whether the property of the 

 United States or of any individual or corporation in said District, 

 or who shall steal, wrongfully deface, injure, mutilate, tear, or destroy 

 any book, pamphlet, document, manuscript, print, engraving, m.edal. 

 newspaper, or work of art, the property of the United States, shall 

 be held guilty of a misdemeanor, and. on conviction thereof, shall, 

 when the offense is not otherwise punishable by some statute of the 

 United States, be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor 

 more than one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment for not less 

 than one nor more than twelve months, or both, for every such offense. 



Act .Tune 19, 1878, c. 317, 20 Stat. 171. 



ACT MARCH 4. 1909. c. 321. (35 Stat. 1088.) 



Stealing, injuring, or destroying, etc., records, books, etc., of the United States. 



Sec. 128. Whoever shall wilfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, 

 mutilate, obliterate, or destroy, or attempt to conceal, remove, muti- 

 late, obliterate, or destroy, or. with intent to conceal, remove, muti- 

 late, obliterate, destroy, or steal, shall take and carry away any 

 record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed 

 or depo.sited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United 

 States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer 

 of the United States, shall be fined not more than two thousand dol- 

 lars, or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. 



Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, s. 128. 35 Stat. 1111. 



This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal 

 laws of tlie Ignited States." cited nbove, incorporating therein the provi- 

 sions of Kev. St. sec. 5403. which section is expressly repealed by section 

 341 of this act. 



Unlawfully removing, injuring, or destroying records, books, etc., of United 

 States, by officer in charge thereof. 



Sec. 129. Whoever, having the custody of any record, proceeding, 

 map. book, document, paper, or other thing specified in the preceding 

 section, shall wilfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, mutilate, ob- 

 literate, falsify, or destroy any such" record, proceeding, map, book, 

 document, paper, or thing, shall l^ fined not more than two thousand 

 dollars, or inii)risoned not more than three years, or both: and shall 

 moreover forfeit his office and be forever afterward disqualified from 

 holding any office under the Government of the United States. 



Act March 4. 1909. c. 321. s. 129. 35 Stnt. 1112. 



This is a section of "An act to codify, revise, and .unend the penal 

 laws of the United States," cited above, incorporating therein the pro- 

 visions of Rev. St. sec-. 5408, which section is expressly repealed by 

 section 341 of this act. 



